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The electrician who has already looked at it might well have calculated based on cable size and the fuses that you would be ok.
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Yeah just didn’t know to ask him specifically if he’d calculated it at the time or just done a finger in the air. I was expecting him to come round fit some new lights and re run some cables so there was enough slack to go on top of the new insulation rather than under as I’d read that was the ‘proper’ way to do it.
When he said no need, I didn’t think/ know to ask at the time.
apc
Thanks, I suppose smartest thing to do would be get an electrician round to test/ tell me the current limit / how close to it my circuit is.
It’s such a pig of a job that I don’t want to have to rip it all up or constantly worry my house is going to go up in flames
Relevant article:
https://www.voltimum.co.uk/articles/cables-spaces-containing-thermal#:~:text=Requirements%20of%20BS%207671,be%20covered%20by%20thermal%20insulation.